Reza Behboudi to Iran Theater
Friedrich Dürrenmatt deals with guilty heroes in his plays
Iran Theater- In recent years, in spite of his effective presence in cinema, Reza Behboudi has also played important roles in theater in collaboration with the great stage directors.
Iran Theater- In recent years, in spite of his effective presence in cinema, Reza Behboudi has also played important roles in theater in collaboration with the great stage directors.
He also played one of two main roles (Alfred) in the show “The Visit” which is directed by Parsa piroozfar. Alfred is a person who has been challenged by his actions in young age , when he became old.
This is the 7th works by Parsa Piroozfar as stage director. He had directed some shows like Glen Gray Glen Grass,Art,One Summer day.
The Visit (German: Der Besuch der alten Dame) is a 1956 tragicomic play by Swiss dramatist Friedrich Dürrenmatt. The plot is: An enormously wealthy older woman returns to her former hometown with a dreadful bargain: She wants the townspeople to kill the man who got her pregnant, then jilted her. In exchange, she will provide enough money to revitalize the decrepit town. The townspeople eventually agreed.
Does Reza Behboudi believe that acting in such plays is a challenge?, he replied:” It is more challenging because, however, some audiences have seen these kind of shows and have read and heard commentaries and comments from critics and theatre experts. They watch the show with the their background, and this issue It is important for the group to deliver a different and acceptable performance, And the group must make efforts to improve than other performances. When we go to watch these kind of shows, we need to keep pace with the specifics of the community and to create the day-to-day effect.
He said about “Alfred”:” Alfred is like the rest of people in the city, a bankrupt, and of course he is different from ordinary people, he has a shop that provides people with daily necessities like milk, coffee and cigarettes. Alfred, in this process, faces a challenge to self-knowledge that he fond out that he is also guilty o, and this is the main theme of all Friedrich Dürrenmatt ‘s works and the audience deals with the heroic guerrillas.”